Romance Column by Sandy Huseby

Girls just want to have freedom in Patricia Rice's delicious historical romance The Trouble with Magic. The trouble referred to in the title involves Ewen Ives, the first person Felicity Malcolm and her sister Christina meet on their quest to find a book of magic spells. Aidan Dougal's convenient offer of his abode for their further adventures opens the floodgates for a witty and charming...

Romance Column by Sandy Huseby

Forensic anthropologist T.J. McCloud has more than enough headaches to deal with, including investigating the source of long-buried bones the town fathers hope are those of pirates and fearing a trusted friend has covered up Balkan war crimes. In Patricia Rice's evocative contemporary novel, McCloud's Woman, McCloud has followed his brother Jared's path to a tiny Carolina beach community in...

Romance Column by Sandy Huseby

Perchance to dream Dreams come in many guises. In Impossible Dreams by Patricia Rice, school teacher Maya Alyssum's dream is an alternative school where students can blossom. But the town council opposes Maya's goal, and she believes Axell Holm personifies the nightmare stymieing her dream. In reality, Axell needs her more than he dares to admit for his motherless child and for himself. Rice's...